Patents by Inventor Aaron D Wernerehl

Aaron D Wernerehl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ASSAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240123452
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for self-contained nucleic acid preparation, amplification, and analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kirk M. Ririe, Aaron D. Wernerehl, Christopher P. Pasko, Ali Laayoun, Carole Vachon, Agnès Dupont-Filliard, Laurent Mesta, Andrew C. Hatch, Erik W. Huynh, David E. Jones
  • Resistive heaters and anisotropic thermal transfer
    Patent number: 11786906
    Abstract: System, heaters, and heat transfer devices are disclosed. For example, a system for performing polymerase chain reaction includes a support member configured to receive a sample vessel and a heater that is positioned to affect a temperature of the sample vessel. The system additionally includes a heat transfer device disposed between the heater and the sample vessel. The heat transfer device illustratively includes anisotropic fibers axially aligned parallel to one another and positioned to conduct heat from the at least one heater toward the sample vessel in the axial direction of the anisotropic fibers. An exemplary heater includes a body defining one or more channels, a heating element positioned in the one or more channels, and retention members adjacent the one or more channels. At least a portion of the heating element is mechanically interlocked with the channel by deforming the retention members into a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Biofire Defense, LLC
    Inventors: David E. Jones, Michael Bills, Aaron D. Wernerehl, Anson Cole Chamberlain
  • Assay devices and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 11691152
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for self-contained nucleic acid preparation, amplification, and analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: BioFire Defense, LLC, BioFire Diagnostics, LLC
    Inventors: Kirk M. Ririe, Aaron D Wernerehl, Christopher P. Pasko, Ali Laayoun, Carole Vachon, Agnès Dupont-Filliard, Laurent Mesta, Andrew C. Hatch, Erik W. Huynh, David E. Jones
  • ASSAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200261914
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for self-contained nucleic acid preparation, amplification, and analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Kirk M. Ririe, Aaron D Wernerehl, Christopher P. Pasko, Ali Laayoun, Carole Vachon, Agnes Dupont-Fillard, Laurent Mesta, Andrew C. Hatch, Erik W. Huynh, David E. Jones